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magazine Bangladesh Monitor yesterday launched a "Chef of the Year"
competition. "Discovering the culinary talents of the country and
making Bangladeshi cuisines popular are the main purposes of the
contest," said Kazi Wahidul Alam, editor of the fortnightly magazine.
He was speaking at a press conference in Dhaka to announce the fifth
version of the competition. Malaysian Palm Oil Council that works
across the world to raise popularity of palm oil is the title
sponsor of the competition styled 'Monitor- Malaysian Palm Oil Chef of
the Year-2009 '. Dubai-based airline Emirates is the premium partner
of the contest. Anyone, including housewives as well as amateur and
professional cooks, will be able to submit their recipes to the
organisers within November 15 without any entry fee, said Alam. Each
participant will have to send at least two recipes of traditional
Bangladeshi food dishes under two categories -- "Cardinal Dish"
prepared of meat or fish and "Vegetable Dish". The participants will
also be able to send as many recipes as they can but every dish
should contain as much food as it is required to serve at least six
persons, the press conference was told. A panel of judges headed by
Siddiqua Kabir, a writer on health and nutrition and a culinary
expert, will elect the top recipes of the competition. The first
three performers will be awarded with cash money, return air tickets
and hotel accommodation outside the country. AKM Fakhrul Alam,
regional manager ( Bangladesh, Nepal and Myanmar) of Malaysian Palm
Oil Council, and Hanif Zakaria, area manager of Emirates for
Bangladesh, also spoke at the press meet.
